LIST OF FIGURES

II.1 Ticket Mailings, by Month and Phase (in Thousands)
This bar graph shows the number of Tickets mailed each month from February 2002 to March 2004; the number of Tickets mailed increased steadily per month for Phase 1, peaking in June 2002 at about 750,000. Starting in July 2002, the number of mailings for each phase was roughly constant, with mailings for Phase 2 states beginning in November 2002 and Phase 3 states in November 2003.

II.3 Participation Rates, by Months Since Rollout Start and Provider Type
This line graph shows the rates at which beneficiaries assigned Tickets to ENs and SVRAs in Phases 1 and 2; Phase 1 and Phase 2 beneficiaries participate at SVRAs at a much higher rate than at ENs. Phase 1 beneficiaries have a higher rate of participation at SVRAs than do Phase 2 beneficiaries; the participation rate at ENs is almost identical for Phase 1 and 2 beneficiaries.

II.4 First Assignments At SVRAs, by Months Since Rollout Start and Phase
This line graph shows that Phase 1 SVRA first assignments rose rapidly at first but leveled off at between 1,000 and 1,500 per month 8 months after rollout. Phase 2 SVRA first assignments rose slower initially and started holding steady at a little less than 1,000 about 11 months after rollout.

II.6 Ticket Participation Rates in Phase 1 and Phase 2 States, by State, Provider Type, and Payment Type, March 2004
This bar graph shows participation rates for Phase 1 and 2 states by provider type and payment type as of March 2004. Participation rates for Phase 1 states ranged from 0.4% in Oregon to about 2.3% in Vermont , with the great majority of providers in all states being SVRAs and the majority of payment types being the traditional system. In Phase 2 states, participation rates ranged from about 0.2% in New Hampshire to 1.7% in North Dakota , with the great majority of providers in all states again being SVRAs and the majority of Tickets assigned under the traditional payment system.

III.4 Condition(s) Causing Activity Limitation of Working-Age Beneficiaries, by TTW and Employment Status
This bar graph shows the breakdown of condition(s) causing activity limitation of working-aged beneficiaries, by TTW and employment status; For all groups, the most common specific condition given was mental illness, selected by about a third of respondents (respondents could select more than one reason). Mental retardation was more common among beneficiaries employed at the time of the interview. The catch-all category "other" contains 63 percent of all beneficiaries and almost 50 percent of TTW participants or those employed at the time of the survey.

III.5 Health Status of Working-Age Beneficiaries, by TTW and Employment Status
This bar graph shows the health status of working-age beneficiaries by TTW and employment status; TTW and working beneficiaries were almost three times more likely to describe their health status "excellent" or "very good" than were all beneficiaries combined, while TTW and working beneficiaries were only half as likely to describe their health status as "poor" or "very poor" compared with the general beneficiary population.

III.13 Heard of TTW or A Program Like TTW Among Working-Age Beneficiaries
This bar graph shows the percentage of working-age beneficiaries who had heard of TTW, or a program like it, by phase. Although about one-third of working-age beneficiaries in all three phases had heard of TTW or a program like it, a full 83% of Phase 1 Ticket participants had heard of TTW or a program like it.

III.14 Employment Among Working Age Beneficiaries
This bar graph shows employment among working-age beneficiaries; TTW participants were almost three times as likely as all working-age beneficiaries to be employed at the time of the interview. Beneficiaries who were employed at the time of the interview and TTW participants were far more likely than the other groups to be employed in 2003.

III.15 Expectations About Future Employment
This bar graph shows expectations about future employment, comparing SSI-only beneficiaries, DI-only beneficiaries, concurrent beneficiaries, TTW participants, beneficiaries employed at the time of the interview, and all beneficiaries. Beneficiaries employed at the time of the interview and TTW participants were more likely to have personal goals that include work/career advancement, to see themselves working for pay in the next year, and to see themselves working for pay in the next five years. TTW participants were slightly more likely than the other groups to see themselves working and earning enough to stop receiving disability benefits in the next year; TTW participants were also much more likely to see themselves earning enough to stop receiving benefits in the next five years.

IV.1 Phase 1 Ticket Recipients with Zero Benefits (eligible for TTW on 1/12/2002)
This line graph shows the percentage of Phase 1 Ticket recipients with zero benefits for the months before and after the Ticket was mailed. The percentage of DI and SSI beneficiaries with zero benefits dropped gradually until about 5 months before the Ticket was mailed, leveling off for SSI beneficiaries at about 2% for a few months before gradually rising to about 3.5% 14 months after the mailing. The share of DI beneficiaries with zero benefits leveled off at about 1% 5 months before the Ticket mailing, rising very gradually after that to about 1.5% 14 months after the mailing.

IV.3 Average Monthly Benefit of Phase 1 Ticket Recipients (eligible for TTW on 1/12/2002)
This line graph shows the average monthly benefit of Phase 1 Ticket recipients relative to the months since the Ticket was mailed. DI recipients' average monthly benefits rose slightly from just under $800 to just over $800 in the 12 months before the Ticket was mailed to 14 months afterwards, while SSI recipients' average benefit stayed relatively level at about $520.

IV.4 Phase 1 Ticket Recipients with Zero Benefits, by Ticket Assignment (Eligible for TTW on 1/12/2002)
This figure has two line graphs one for DI beneficiaries and one for SSI beneficiaries. The graphs show Phase 1 Ticket recipients with zero benefits in each month for a period starting 12 months before their Ticket was mailed and ending 14 months after mailing. Each graph shows a pair of U-shaped curves indicating that the percent of beneficiaries with zero benefits is lowest around the month when tickets were mailed. The U-shaped curves are narrower for those beneficiaries who assigned their tickets. That is, 6 to 12 months before tickets were mailed and 6 to 14 months after the Ticket mailing, beneficiaries who assigned their tickets were more likely to have zero benefits.

IV.5 Phase 1 Ticket Recipients with Zero Benefits and Substantial Employment, by Ticket Assignment (Eligible for TTW on 1/12/2002)
This figure has two line graphs one for DI beneficiaries and one for SSI beneficiaries. The graphs show Phase 1 Ticket recipients with zero benefits and substantial employment in each month for a period starting 12 months before their Ticket was mailed and ending 14 months after mailing. Each graph shows a pair of U-shaped curves indicating that the percent of beneficiaries with zero benefits and substantial earnings is lowest around the month when tickets were mailed. The U-shaped curves for those beneficiaries who assigned their tickets are slightly above those for the beneficiaries who did not assign their tickets. The graph for SSI beneficiaries shows a sharp increase during the 6 months after ticket mailing in the fraction of beneficiaries who assigned their tickets who have zero benefits and substantial earnings (although the absolute value of the increase is only from 0.7 percent in the month after mailing to 2 percent 6 months after mailing).

IV.6 Average Monthly Benefit of Phase 1 Ticket Recipients, by Ticket Assignment (Eligible for TTW on 1/12/2002)
This figure has two line graphs one for DI beneficiaries and one for SSI beneficiaries. The graphs show average benefit payment to Phase 1 Ticket recipients in each month for a period starting 12 months before their Ticket was mailed and ending 14 months after mailing. Each graph shows a pair of fairly flat curves indicating average benefits for those beneficiaries who assigned their tickets and those who did not. For DI beneficiaries, beneficiaries who assigned their tickets had lower average benefits during this period than those who did not assign their tickets. For SSI beneficiaries, benefits were essentially the same for beneficiaries who assigned or did not assign their Tickets.

V.1 Cumulative Number of ENs, by Month
This line graph shows the cumulative number of ENs by month, including active ENs with Tickets and all active ENs. The count of ENs begins in January 2001 when the Program Manager began recruiting ENs and Ticket taking began with the official roll-out of TTW in February 2002. Both the cumulative number of ENs and the number taking tickets rise over time, although less than half of the ENs are have taken a Ticket. There is essentially no increase in the number of ENs and the number of ENs taking Tickets from February 2004 to the end of the period covered in the graph, June 2004.

V.2 Number of EN Terminations, by Month
This bar graph shows the number of EN terminations by month. Since May 2002, terminations ranged from one to five a month, although they rose to a high of 10 in December 2003 before falling again in early 2004.

V.3 Cumulative Payments to ENs
This bar graph shows cumulative payments to ENs in Phase 1, 2, and 3 states by month; the payments rose from $0 in May 2002 to approximately $900,000 in July 2004, and the majority of payments were made to ENs in Phase 1 states in all months

V.4 Payments to ENs by Month
This bar graph shows payments to ENs by month. Payments rose from May 2002 to July 2004 for Phase 1 ENs, with payments to Phase 2 and Phase 3 ENs showing up in January of 2003 and January of 2004. Payments to Phase 2 and 3 ENs make up a minority of payments in each month.

VI.3 Total SSA Payments to SVRAs and ENs
This bar graph shows total SSA payments to SVRAs and ENs from FY 1999 to FY 2004. Payments to ENs made up a barely noticeably portion of the total payments which were approximately $80 million in 2003 and 2004.

VI.4 Percentage of Competitively Employed SSA Cases Vs. Non-SSA Cases FY 1997-2003
This graph has two lines that indicate the percentage of cases that SVRAs close to competitive employment among SSA beneficiaries and among other SVRA participants. The line showing the rate of competitive employment for non-SSA cases is consistently higher than the line for SSA cases, typically be at least 5 percentage points. The percentage of SSA cases closed to competitive employment peaked in 2000 and fells sharply afterwards, while the percentage for non-SSA cases remained relatively constant.

VIII.1 Summary of Core EN Activities in Ticket to Work
This flowchart lays out core EN activities in TTW, from outreach, to intake, to when the beneficiary assigns a Ticket to an EN, to the initial receipt of services, to the point at which the beneficiary works enough to generate a first payment, to follow-up services, payment tracking, and finally to when the EN receives payment.

VIII.2 Percentage of Tickets Generating Payment in Each Month Among Tickets That Generate at Least One Payment
This line graph shows the percentage of Tickets generating a payment in each month among Tickets that generate at least one payment, where months are measured from the month of Ticket assignment. For DI/concurrent beneficiaries, this percentage starts at 20% for the month of assignment, rises to about 30% for 3 to 6 months afterwards, and slowly decreases steadily after month 6 to less than 15% by month 23. For SSI beneficiaries, the percentage spikes to over 50% by month 3, drops sharply to 35% by month 6, and falls relatively steadily to about 10% by month 23.

VIII.3 Percentage of Tickets Assigned in the Second Year After TTW Rollout that Generate Any Payment in Months 0-11 that Generate Payment in Each Month
This line graph shows the percentage of Tickets assigned in the second year after TTW rollout that generated any payment in their first year of assignment, by month. For SSI beneficiaries, the percentage rose quickly in the first few months, peaked at months 3 and 4, and then fell steadily to just over 10% at month 23. For DI/concurrent beneficiaries, the percentage of Tickets assigned in the second year after TTW rollout that generated any payment in their first year of assignment rose much slower over the first few months, peaking at just over 30% in months 3 and 6, then falling slowly to just over 10% at month 23.

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